The previous small editor's article introduced the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, the Western King Xiao Chaogui, the Southern King Feng Yunshan (this article is attached to the link at the end of the article), today to introduce a Taiping Heavenly Kingdom figure, he can be said to be the most fierce and cruel of the taiping Heavenly Kingdom leaders, in the Tianjing Incident, he slaughtered Nearly 20,000 people up and down Yang Xiuqing's Eastern Palace and his loyal subordinates, his ferocity was heinous, but his final outcome was also quite miserable, he was ordered by the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan to divide the body of five horses, he was the Northern King Wei Changhui.
Wei Changhui, the Northern King in the film and television drama "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom"
Wei Changhui (1823-1856), Han Chinese, Guangxi Guiping people, family wealth, private school, took the imperial examination, but did not win, although his family has money, but no power, often by the local government and powerful extortion, so that he has a spirit of resistance, he also has a younger brother named Wei Jun.
In 1848 (the twenty-eighth year of Daoguang), Feng Yunshan, who had previously been arrested by the government and imprisoned, was released from prison and returned to Zijing Mountain, where he spent the night while passing through the Wei family and had a very pleasant conversation with Wei Changhui, so Wei Changhui joined the cult with his younger brother Wei Jun.
Hong Xiuquan, the heavenly king in the film and television drama "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom"
In 1851 (the first year of Xianfeng), Hong Xiuquan led the disciples to launch an anti-Qing uprising and establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Wei Changhui scattered his family wealth and fully supported the uprising, in September of the same year, the Taiping Army conquered Yong'an, in the Yong'an system, Wei Changhui was crowned the Northern King, called "Six Thousand Years Old", second only to yang Xiuqing, the eastern king, Xiao Chaogui, the western king, and Feng Yunshan, the southern king.
Subsequently, the Taiping Army moved north, and Wei Changhui led the Taiping Army to make many military achievements, but in April and December 1852 (Xianfeng II), the Southern King Feng Yunshan and the Western King Xiao Chaogui successively sacrificed heroically, and any military and political affairs were subject to Yang Xiuqing's adjudication, resulting in the excessive concentration of power of the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing, and Wei Changhui's power was second only to Yang Xiuqing, causing the contradictions between the two to intensify in the future, laying the root of the Tianjing Incident.
Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King in the film and television drama "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom"
In 1853 (the third year of Xianfeng), after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom established the capital of Tianjing, the leadership of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom began to be extravagant and corrupt, and did not want to forge ahead, because Wei Changhui was supervising the war outside and holding heavy troops, which was jealous of Yang Xiuqing, Yang Xiuqing repeatedly used a little trivial matter to humiliate Wei Changhui in front of everyone, and even beat him with a staff, and the contradiction between the two became deeper and deeper.
Later, Yang Xiuqing repeatedly ordered Hong Xiuquan to seal Yang Xiuqing as Banzai under the pretext of Heavenly Father, but in fact he forced the palace to want Hong Xiuquan to abdicate, and Hong Xiuquan deeply felt that the situation was serious, and in 1856 (the sixth year of Xianfeng), Wei Changhui returned to Beijing, and Wei Changhui was overjoyed that this was a perfect opportunity to eliminate Yang Xiuqing, and led 3,000 elite soldiers to rush back to Tianjing overnight, together with Qin Rigang, the King of Yan, who was dissatisfied with Yang Xiuqing, and prepared to launch a bloody coup.
Stills from the film and television drama "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom": Wei Changhui, the King of the North, washed the Eastern King's Mansion in blood
In the early morning of September 2 of the same year, Wei Changhui ordered his subordinates to suddenly attack the Eastern Palace, Yang Xiuqing, who was still asleep, was awakened, and when he woke up, he had been killed by Wei Changhui with a knife in his hand, and thousands of people up and down the Eastern Palace were all killed, almost spared, and then Wei Changhui executed all of Yang Xiuqing's cronies and subordinates, this bloody coup, Wei Changhui slaughtered 20,000 people in the Eastern Palace before and after, known in history as the "Tianjing Incident".
The Tianjing Incident shocked the whole country, Shi Dakai returned to Tianjing to witness the tragic situation, angrily condemned Wei Changhui, Wei Changhui even Wanted to kill Shi Dakai at this time, Shi Dakai fled, but all his family members who remained in Tianjing were killed by Wei Changhui, the angry Shi Dakai raised troops to Jingjing, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was very dissatisfied with Wei Changhui's killing, Hong Xiuquan, in order to appease the people's grievances, decided to kill Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang and others, in November 1856 (Xianfeng 6th year), Hong Xiuquan ordered Wei Changhui to be divided into five horses, Wei Changhui died at the age of 33, after killing Wei Changhui The coup d'état was finally quelled, but the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was seriously injured and could no longer recover.
Illustration of the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement
The ensuing sequelae were even more serious, in 1857 (the seventh year of Xianfeng), due to the death of the Eastern King, the Western King, the Southern King, and the Northern King, Hong Xiuquan was suspicious of the Wing King Shi Dakai, Shi Dakai led his troops to flee, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom changed from a strategic offensive to a defensive, and then to a battlefield defeat, until July 1864 (the third year of Tongzhi), tianjing fell, and the Taiping heavenly kingdom collapsed.
Statue of Wei Changhui, Northern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
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